The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-30

has been for twenty-five years gather
ing the material for the work; and the
result of his labor is a thorough,
palnstaking, exhaustive history, well
worthy of the claims made for it. The
publishers have done their share in
making the work attractive-S24
solid pages, vel printed, handsomely
bound, and coEtaining large num-
Der of illustrations, among which are
superior portraits of many of the prin-
clpal Southern naval officers and lead
ers, taken from original photographs.
The work is published by subscription,
and we'll worth the attention of the
reading public. Speaking of the diff
cultieS overcome by the Confederacy
in building up a navy the author says:
! :. Thus, the Confederate States, which.
in 1861, were totally destitute of every
appliance, Of all machinery, of all
tools and mechanics, for the manufact-
ure Of naval ordnance of any kind,
while fighting a multitudinous enemy
over vast territory, and surrounded
by the navy of the enemy which closed
every port, was able to erect at Rich
mond, Atlanta, Augusta, Selma, New
+! Orleans, Charlotte, Columbia, Peters
burg, Columbus, those extensive works
which, before the war closed, supplied
her navy and batteries with all the
ordnance they required. These various
works developed into usefulness as the
war progressed, notwithstanding its
exactlng demands upon the country
for every man capable Of bearing arms
Their efficiency was frequently re
tarded by the calls to arms which took
the workmen from the shop to the
field, and at all times the compara
lively small number of machines avail
able for work ttheSe stations was a
matter of serious embarrassment. If
the United States surprised the nations
of the world by the development of its
war power during that war, a careful
examination of what was accomplished
in the Confederate States will be found
to have greatly exceeded the results IN
the United States when the COndl;i )ns
and circumstances of the two parties
to the war are considered and con-
trasted. If, while fighting each other
and each party destroying everything
that could not be removed, these grand
results were respectively accomplished
what limit shall be set to the capabili-
ties of such a people united and ex-
cited by the same determination IN
their defense of their common coun-
try?"
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